Clothes-pounder.



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CLOTHES POUNDER APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. I913.

Patented June 27, 1916.

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CLOTHES POUNDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 1. 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Application-med m 1, 1913'. Serial no. 776,810.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ETI-IELBERT FAVARY, a subject of Hungary, residing'at and whose post-ofiice address is No. 378 Central Park West, borough of Manhattan, city, county, and Stat of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Founders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable cthers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to clothespounders or washers, and is more particularly directed to an article of this class which provides for the circulation. of the water to and from the interior of the pounder.

An object of the presentinvention is to provide for an adjustment of the area of the water circulating passages and thereby adapt the device to the varying conditions under which it may be called upon to work.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings satisfactory means for controlling the water circulation in a clothespounder of approved design, which means control the water circulation to conform to the requirements of every condition met with in the operation of such adevice, and with the aid of this improvement the pounder may be quickly and easily adjusted for the most eflicient operation upon light or heavy fabrics, as desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved clothespounder; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same taken on line 22 of Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is a bottom view; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 44: of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modified form; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings the clothespounder comprises an outer shell A, which is preferably conical in form as shown and provided at its apex with a socket a for the reception of the handle B. A water conduit C is mounted within the shell A opening through the wall of the shell A. The conduit C extends to the central portion of the interior of the shell A, there opening downwardly at a point somewhat above the lower edge of the shell A. It is preferable that the conduit C be provided with aperf rated face plate 0 with which the clothes being washed will come into contact when the pounder is forced downwardly, and it is also advisable to provide a downwardlyextending lip a surrounding the perforated face plate 0. Considerable space should re- Patented. June-2w, 1916.

main between the perforated face plate 0' and its lips c and the wall of the shell A, this space giving access to the interior of the shell A above the conduit C. The interior of the shell A is utilized as a suction chamber and it is preferable to provide a valve D near the apex of the conical shell A to control the ingress and egress of air from this suction chamber, and thereby control the degree of suction which may be obtained.

I provide a sliding valveE upon the outer surface of the shell A for adjustingjthe area of the aperture through which the water may circulate to and from the exterior of the shell from and to the-conduit C. "The function of this valve is to vary the water circulation through the conduit C, and this functionis distinct from the function ofthe valve D which is provided to vary the ingress and egress of air from the suction chamber. l/Vhen the pounder is forced down against the clothes in the tub" a little air first escapes through the conduit C allowing the water to risewithin the shell to the face plate 0; Upon the continuation of the downward stroke the face plate 0 comes in contact with .the clothes and the water is forced violently through the clothes and upward into the conduit C escaping through the valve E. Upon the upward stroke of the pounder the large area of water contained in the shell A up to the face plate 0 does not immediately leave its position owing to the fact that it takes some little time for suflicient water or air to enter and break the suction. Thissuction effect draws the clothes upwardly with the pounder, permitting more water to flow in under them, or in other words, loosens up the contents of the tub. It has been difficult to so proportion the water circulating passages that the pounder would work easily in Washing all fabrics, in some cases the circulation through the water conduit being too free and breaking the suction too quickly, and in other cases the How being too restricted and reacting upon the operator, making the operation of the pounder diflicult. The ad justment valve D permits of the escape of more or less of the air in the interior of the shell A pon the d wnward stroke allow ing the water to rise to a greater or a less height within the shell, and producing more or less suction upon the upstroke accordingly as the valve is adjusted. The regulation of the suction lost by the escape from and entrance into the shell A of air is of considerable advantage but is not satisfactorily efiective without a compensatory adjustment of the area of the water circulation conduit, while the adjustment of the flow of the Water in its conduit so nearly effects a satisfactory operation of the device in all cases as to make the necessary adjustment of the air valve D very slight, and in some cases it is" not necessary to employ the air valve at all.

Figs. 5 and 6 show a modification wherein the water circulation conduit has four passages C for the egress and ingress of the water. Four valves, like E of Fig. 1, may be provided for the four conduits or a continuous ring having four sets of valve openings or holes may be provided, as shown at E in Figs. 5 and 6.

It is preferable to provide the valve E with a stop which will prevent its complete closure of the water conduit C so that this conduit will be open to a certain extent under all conditions. This may be accomplished by providing a valve plate of a length sufficient to cover all of the holes ex cept one; or by fastening a pin or stop i on the cone to prevent the valve plate from closing all the holes.

What I claim is 1. In a clothespounder and washer, a

shellinclosing a suction chamber, a water circulation conduit leading in a substan- Coples of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

tially lateral direction from the exterior of said shell near the base thereof to a point within the same, and means for varying the effective area of said conduit, substantially as described.

2. In a clothespounder and Washer, a conical shell inclosing a suction chamber and terminating in a handle socket at its apex, a water circulation conduit rigidly mounted in the interior of said shell and having one of its ends opening downwardly near the center of said shell and the other of its ends opening outwardly in a substantially lateral direction through the wall of said shell near the base thereof, and a valve for varying the effective area of said conduit and controlling the flow of water thcrethrough, substantially as described.

3. In a clothespounder and washer, a shell inclosing a suction chamber, a valve located at the top of said shell for varying the ingress and egress of air to and from said suction chamber, a water circulation conduit mounted Within said shell, one end of said conduit opening downwardly at the central portion of said shell and the other end opening outwardly through the wall of said shell near the base thereof, and a second valve slidably mounted on said shell for adjusting the flow of Water through said water circulation conduit, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

ETHELBERT FAVAR-Y. Witnesses M. A. BILL, C. B. SoHRoEnnR.

Washington, D. C. 

